Sav"age (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage,
OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood,
wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf.
Sylvatic.] 1. Of or pertaining to the
forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of
nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as,
savage beasts.
Cornels, and savage berries of the
wood.
Dryden.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude;
as, savage life; savage manners.
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian
era, ever rose from savage to civilized without
Christianity?
E. D. Griffin.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous;
fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage
spirit.
Syn. -- Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught;
uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous;
cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious.
See Ferocious.
Sav"age, n. 1. A
human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught,
uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal
cruelty; a barbarian.
Sav"age (?; 48), v. t. To make
savage. [R.]
Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of
wolf.
Southey.
Sav"age (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage,
OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood,
wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf.
Sylvatic.] 1. Of or pertaining to the
forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of
nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as,
savage beasts.
Cornels, and savage berries of the
wood.
Dryden.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude;
as, savage life; savage manners.
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian
era, ever rose from savage to civilized without
Christianity?
E. D. Griffin.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous;
fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage
spirit.
Syn. -- Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught;
uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous;
cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious.
See Ferocious.
Sav"age, n. 1. A
human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught,
uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal
cruelty; a barbarian.
Sav"age (?; 48), v. t. To make
savage. [R.]
Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of
wolf.
Southey.
